Peppermint Sprinkle Cookies are the perfect cookies for the holiday season. With a hint of peppermint, these chewy cookies will be a hit.
It is the most wonderful time of the year! Holiday season is coming up. And I have the most perfect holiday cookie for you.
These Peppermint Sprinkle Cookies are some of my favorite cookies that I have made in a while. It’s the perfect Christmas cookie because they are so easy to make! No cookie cutter or rolling pin required. Your holiday cookie tray won’t be complete without these cookies.
My 2 year old is already getting in the mood for Christmas with all this holiday baking that I have been doing lately. And while my husband wants to wait until after Thanksgiving to put up the Christmas tree, I’ll be making these peppermint sugar cookies and blasting Christmas music in anticipation.
Peppermint Sprinkle Cookies Ingredients
You don’t need much to make this Sprinkle Peppermint Cookie recipe. All you need is:
- room temperature butter
- white sugar
- large egg
- vanilla extract
- peppermint extract
- all purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- milk
- red sanding sugar
Tips
Storage: store the cooled, baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.
Freezing: because these cookies are made with sprinkles, they are a little more tricky to freeze. Depending on the quality of your sprinkles, they may bleed on the cookie when thawing. The best way to avoid this is to freeze the sugar cookie dough balls. Just roll dough into balls, and place in a large ziplock bag, Freeze for up to 3 months.
Switch up the sprinkles. If you don’t have sanding sugar on hand, crushed candy canes or powdered sugar would work. You could also use different holiday sprinkles based on the the upcoming holidays so you can make these cookies all year long.
Give it more of a peppermint twist. If you wanted a stronger peppermint flavor, mix in some small pieces of peppermint candy canes. And instead of the sanding sugar, top these cookies with some peppermint cream cheese frosting.
More Christmas Cookie Recipes
Like these Peppermint Sprinkle Cookies? Then you will love some of my other favorite Christmas cookies:
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on social media! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Peppermint Sprinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp milk
- red sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and flurry. Mix in the egg, vanilla and peppermint extract until fully combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Alternate between mixing in the dry ingredients and the milk into the wet ingredients until fully incorporated.
- Pour the sanding sugar into a small, shallow bowl.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough into your hands and form into a ball. Roll the dough in the sanding sugar until fully coated. Place on the prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Place the cookie sheets in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the middle of the cookie dough is no longer wet. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on the cookie sheets.
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